Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the News

[creekster]

One would think there would be some obesity going on in Utah with all that candy eating but it doesn't seem to be the case, however.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]5818[/ATTACH]

It seems what mom told me about eating candy and getting fat isn't really true. Or maybe they send large amounts of candy to missionaries and don't actually eat themselves.

Its because there are a lot of calories in wine and beer that they aren't consuming. So it comes out about even.

[Sullyute]

A push by Hershey Co. to gather data on the nation’s candy-eating habits has uncovered the sweet-tooth capital of America: Utah.
The state buys confections at the highest rate in the nation -- almost double the U.S. average -- Hershey researchers found. Twizzlers are especially popular in the Salt Lake City area, according to the company.

We just ate two bags (one black and one red) of those over the weekend!

[RC Vikings]

One would think there would be some obesity going on in Utah with all that candy eating but it doesn't seem to be the case, however.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]5818[/ATTACH]

It seems what mom told me about eating candy and getting fat isn't really true. Or maybe they send large amounts of candy to missionaries and don't actually eat themselves.

I wonder how they come up with the percentages, someone stand on a corner and guess the weight of everyone who passes by.

[Clark Addison]

One would think there would be some obesity going on in Utah with all that candy eating but it doesn't seem to be the case, however.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]5818[/ATTACH]

It seems what mom told me about eating candy and getting fat isn't really true. Or maybe they send large amounts of candy to missionaries and don't actually eat themselves.

The 100 million year old sea coast strikes again!

http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...l=1#post937978

[falafel]

The 100 million year old sea coast strikes again!

http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...l=1#post937978

Are you saying that black people are fat?

[Clark Addison]

Are you saying that black people are fat?

I will go with poor people.

[Paperback Writer]

The 100 million year old sea coast strikes again!

http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...l=1#post937978

Are you saying that black people are fat?

Maybe Clark meant just Democrats are fat.
Edited: Clark has spoken. Black Democrat Poor

[Uncle Ted]

Are you saying that black people are fat?

hmm...

[pelagius]

I will go with poor people.

That was my thought too. So I grabbed the MHANES data from the CDC for 2011-2012. Here is simple groupby by I did with race and household income (above or below 100,000 in household income). Reports the percent of the adult population with BMI > 30.

black  rich 
False  False    0.312500
       True     0.204769
True   False    0.433829
       True     0.483146
Name: fat, dtype: float64

Look, I don't want to take a strong stand here. And I suspect poverty plays an important role (as does age demographics). But, at first glance it looks like poverty doesn't explain much for the black population. But, this isn't a very sophisticated cut of the data.

[Eddie]

So - just catching up...

Utahn's are buying candy in astronomical amounts as compared to the rest of the US and sending it to fat Black missionaries in the south?

Wow.

[Jeff Lebowski]

So - just catching up...

Utahn's are buying candy in astronomical amounts as compared to the rest of the US and sending it to fat Black missionaries in the south?

Wow.

Nailed it.

Pretty weird phenomenon, eh?

[wally]

[falafel]

Mitt might be in better shape than Holyfield. If you don't look at their arms, of course.

[TripletDaddy]

mitt going with the side fade. where was that urban look during the elections?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Mitt might be in better shape than Holyfield. If you don't look at their arms, of course.

Or the gut.